Khoobsurat
review by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
Sonam Kapoor’s
fantasy trip to utopia goes awry, papa Kapoors dream for little princess to reign
bollywood diva remains disgruntled.
Director Shashanka
Ghosh famously scorns the timeless cinematic experience of original ‘Khoobsurat’
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
the pasha of family drama who created benchmark of social epic movies in 70’s
and 80’s.
Manju [ Rekha in
old Khubsoorat] is Milli [Sonam Kapoor] she boozes, she lets her hair down and
smooches the leading man Vikram Rathore [Fawad Khan] without any inhibition.
Haphazardly sketched characters from the original and twisted for a modern look
the movie has a confused screenplay wavering from the original to new
adaptative.
Sonam Kapoor is
at the helm from one frame to other leaving little space to the neighbor
imported from Pakistan ‘Fawad Khan’. This actor has marked his entry for sure
but ultimately its Sneha Khanwalkar the music director who has taken away all
the limelight by giving some funkiest track ‘"Engine Ki Seeti" “ Maa Ka Phone” and the rural of Rajasthan
adds to the glitter.
Strictly not
recommended for the audience who have experienced the golden era of Hindi Movies which are never going
to be re-lived on silver screen by any other film makers.
Cast
Sonam Kapoor as
Dr. Milli Chakravarty
Fawad Khan as
Vikram Rathore
Prosenjit
Chatterjee
Kirron Kher as
Manju Chakravarty
Ratna Pathak as
Nirmala Devi Rathore
Aamir Raza
Hussain
Aditi Rao Hydari
as Kiara
